Estilos de vida y condiciones de riesgo en estudiantes de I a III semestre pertenecientes a la División de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Santo Tomás seccional Bucaramanga

Abstract

Introduction: The lifestyles that students present during their university stay is an issue that has been gaining strength in several countries, it has been seen that most have problems in leading a healthy lifestyle at this stage. At the beginning of this stage they generate a certain independence by adopting different habits and practices. Objective: To establish the lifestyles of students from the first to the third semester of the Division of Health Sciences of the Santo Tomás University Bucaramanga section in the II academic period of the year 2019. Materials and methods: The Fantastic content questionnaire was executed and Delphi technical adaptation taking into account the sociodemographic variables of the population, was carried out by means of an analytical observational cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 257 students from I to III semester linked to the area of the Division of Health Sciences. Results: According to the statistical analysis of the lifestyle classification, 44.4% (104) of the participants presented a lifestyle classified as “somewhat low” and only 15.6% (35) presented a lifestyle classified as “good job”. It could be determined that 59.3% (19) of the people who are doing a good job due to the way they manage their lifestyle belong to the Faculty of Physical Culture. The risk factors showed that 64.7% (152) have not smoked in the last 5 years, 83.8% (197) consume on average between 0 to 7 drinks per week. Conclusions: More than half of the population is in a somewhat low lifestyle and only 15.6% is in a good job. It could be concluded that the older the semester and the older, the better lifestyle the student presents.